Big News
Posted by Owner-Aspen on 2 Nov 2025, 4:20 pm
Hello everyone! We have some rather big news today concerning the future of Furvilla.
Beginning this coming January, Furvilla will move to a completely free-to-play, ad-free model.
What does this mean? Let’s break it down. As you can see, this is a lot of info, please read carefully.
Furdollars, aka FD
- Beginning December 31st at 11:59pm, players will no longer be able to purchase premium currency, known as Furdollars.
- Furdollars will still be usable permanently, but will now be earnable through regular gameplay.
- Players will be able to exchange Furdollars for Furcoins and vice versa via the Fair Exchange, subject to an exchange fee for FC to FD conversion.
Festivals and Special Events
Beginning in 2027, festivals will no longer be supported.
- All festivals will continue to be supported throughout 2026, to allow players to experience them one last time.
- Retired festival items will be available through normal gameplay, with a philosophy of these items being more difficult to obtain than they originally were in their respective festivals.
- Shamrocks will continue to drop every March. The last new Shamrock Hunt openable will be released in March 2026.
- All remaining Lunar New Year animals and red envelopes will continue to be released yearly until all animals are represented.
- After 2025, Black Jade Week will no longer occur. No physical merchandise giveaways or sales will happen for Black Jade Week this year. Your pal, “Buck” will offer in-game exclusive wares through a special explore event as in the past. “Buck” will offer his goods through other gameplay methods in the future.
- We will be working to include select aspects from festivals into normal gameplay. More information will be available about this at a later time.
Monthlies and the Feast
Beginning in January, 2027, new monthly items will no longer be supported. This includes new Furdollar Emporium animals and new Feast prizes.
- Beginning in 2027, the Feast’s prize pool will be re-worked to include re-releases of older Feast animals and buttons.
- We will continue a monthly re-release schedule of all Furdollar Emporium animals until each animal has been re-released. At that time, re-releases will cease.
Future Site Content and Support
- While no further site content is promised after 2026, we may commission our artists for more content from time to time.
- We do have a sizable backlog of un-released content, which will be released through various permanent site features.
- Moderators will still be on hand.
- Bugs will still be monitored and fixed as needed.
Merchandise
- If Furvilla has brought you joy in the past several years, and you would like to contribute to its future, please consider purchasing something from our merch shop.
- We are currently working on releasing special Fan Packs to our shop’s stock. Please note, we can only ship these Fan Packs to the USA. We realize this is not ideal for our valued players worldwide, but we appreciate your understanding. Please note, shipping costs reflect USPS Priority Mail flat rates. These packs will be released on November 8th, 2025, and are in limited supply.
- Beginning in January, 2026, any remaining merchandise will be sold through our merchandise partner’s shop. The merch link above will be changed to reflect the new link.
- Beginning January 1st, 2026, it will no longer be possible to earn the Super Shopper trophy.
- Individual stickers will no longer be available after January 1st. If you see one that you like that is still in stock, this is the time to purchase it.
- Players will not be able to begin a Certified Badge streak after December 31st, 2025. Any player who starts before that time will have a chance to complete their streak and claim the badge, but if the streak is lost the badge is forfeit. The badge will be sold through our merchandise partner’s shop until it sells out.
Any other changes will be communicated through the news and changelog as necessary.
Reason for the Changes
The above sure seems like a lot, eh?
We are not immune to the challenges the world has brought over the last several years, though we have always done our best to make Furvilla the best we could. We are, however, at the breaking point of what we are able and willing to provide with our time, financially and mentally. Quinn and I discussed at length for many months on whether or not we would be able to keep Furvilla up and running, or if we even wanted to do so.
By removing premium currency and festivals all together, we feel more free to take a step back when needed, and not be obligated to make sure a certain amount of content is released.
Furvilla is a wonderful place full of amazing people. While we are not the creators of this place, we are its stewards. As such, it has always been the goal of Quinn and myself to provide a comfy and safe environment for our players to have fun, not to make money. Both of us have made dear friends here, as I know many of you have. We deeply love Furvilla and what it means to our small community.
So many people have given freely of themselves to help make Furvilla what it is. There is no way that we could have come as far as we have without the efforts of each member of our team, previous or present. Furvilla is the result of the love of each person who has moderated, created art, wrote an explore event or item descriptions, answered support e-mails, fixed bugs, made contests, and played the game. I cannot express how thankful I am to each person who has put their mark here, including you.
We will continue to support the server and provide sporadic content for as long as we are able. Nothing would bring us more joy than to have you come back and check on your villagers in the future… unless you stick around and keep playing for free? I know I will.
Other News
Several more items are now available in the Clawtooth Bazaar. We still have a lot more content to be released though this feature, and will continue to update sporadically. Please make sure to check the vendors often, as new content will not always be announced.
Bear and Cat are friends.
Finally, we would like to announce the addition of a “feed all” button for the Feast. After feeding your selected villager for the monthly feast, you may visit the main Feast page to feed all unexpired food to that villager.
We have also fixed some bugs with the “donate all candy” button. Please note, this button will now donate all candy, including your chocolate bars. Use with caution.
Thank you for playing Furvilla!
- Quinn & Aspen of Furvilla -
Quinn will do his best to answer any concerns or questions in this news post's thread. Please be kind, as he is a good squirrel.
I love furvilla, always have and always will. I will continue to collect and breed pets until the very end, and provide villager art while it's still possible :')
Did I understand correctly that the merch shop will permanently close once all items are sold out?
I will be sending direct messages to players asking them to respect the purpose of this news post. Please stay on topic.
NOTICE: I do not normally moderate forums but as I have endeavored to answer pertinent questions with regards to this very important news post, I must make sure the many comments and answers here stay topical to this news post.
Being sad and upset is completely about these site change appropriate, and I think it important for us to get an accurate gauge of the player reaction, and I ask the moderators to be understanding with expressions of negative feelings.
That being said, this is an important news post and we must not distract it with unrelated topics. I will be hiding any comments that aren’t directly related to this news post, as I have answered many important questions and will continue to do so.
This is not to censor anyone, but we need to stay topical so players can read back if they wish (and there is already so much that has been asked).
Any other unrelated concerns, even if they are important, please feel free to discuss in other forums (still subject to moderation of course).
To clarify one specific thing, the NDAs we have with staff (there is no such things with players) is completely unrelated to site rules. As players you of course have the freedom to say what you want, but please keep in mind site rules and the fact that enforcement is at the discretion of the moderators. The most simple rule of thumb is simply we are the stewards of the site and its players.
Again, please don’t hesitate to ask if you have questions about this news post or the future of Furvilla specifically. Vent and mourn if you wish. This is difficult for us all. Many of you have asked very good questions. I know it is impossible to completely express what you may need to know in one announcement.
Thank you!
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oh lol emojis seriously don’t work? well, anyway… great googlymoogly
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buffalo whether or not an item returns for sale should have no bearing on the desire to purchase said item. I am sorry I do not understand the question. If by come back you mean will it be on sale again in the future, all previous FD pets are intended to have one rerelease, which would likely happen on 2028 or 2029, after which, we plan no further rereleases. My apologies if this was not your question, but if I understand correctly I do not see why this would change a collector’s desire to buy it.
Zveris next year is the 10 year anniversary. Yes we will make it to it. :)
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Didn’t even make it to its 10th anniversary.. :,)
[“but the site isn’t closing!” It might as well be.]
Subject to change but 1 FD traditionally is worth 1000 FC. A fee will likely be factored in for FC to FD conversions so that the exchanges favor the value of FD.
So just as an example it may cost something like 1100FC to convert to 1 FD. The specifics will still be decided.